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On torture / edited by Thomas C. Hilde. - Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University, 2008. - vi, 228 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Torture in the Algerian War / There are no tortures in Gaza / The nation as iron maiden / Torture, tongues, and treason / The terrorist we torture : the tale of Abdul Hakim Murad / The torturers and their public / Are there times when we have to accept torture? Are we really so fearful? / Torture's new methods and meanings / Torture as a greater evil / Legitimacy, identity, violence, and the law / Torture makes the man / Feminism's assumptions upended / Totalitarian lust : from Salo to Abu Ghraib / Information and the tortured imagination / Thomas C. Hilde -- Torture on trial : prosecuting sadists and the obfuscation of systemic crime / Rebecca Wittmann -- Tzvetan Todorov -- Adi Ophir -- Margarita Serje -- Christopher Britt Arrendondo -- Stephanie Athey -- Alphonso Lingis -- Ariel Dorfman -- Pilar Calveiro -- Carlos Castresana -- Michael Hatfield -- Darius Rejali -- Barbara Ehrenreich -- Eduardo Subirats -- Thomas C. Hilde.

ISBN: 9780801890260 0801890268

LCCN: 2008924410

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB038574 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 014905777 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Torture.

LC Class. No.: HV8593 / .O58 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 364.67